Basic Stretch exercises for a wall climber.

Warm up before any form of exercise is a must. Any sport has its risk of injury especially if you start working out without warm up.  It maybe caused due to falls or due to muscle pull. Climbing gives you both a cardio and a strength training workout at the same time. Hence its even more important that you warm up before you get on that wall.  Injuries like muscle pulls, tears and muscle strains can be completely avoided by practicing simple stretching exercises  and not just that basic stretching keeps you flexible and strong.

When you are climber then you must know the consequences of hanging off a wall or a cliff. Most of the time the entire body weight literally hangs from your fingers. Finger and wrist joints are also joints that don't get stretched routinely.

Injuries occur due to improper physical preparation or equipment.That is why we always suggest our climbers to be well prepared. These injuries can be prevented with just three power training stretches to help you ease yourself on the wall -

1. Wrist rotating- Put both your arms forward parallel to the ground, hold your wrist and rotate it downwards and upwards. Do 5 to 8 sets of this 2 minutes everyday before climbing. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Squat and stretch- While most people think that squatting is only for getting nice calf muscles and firm behind, it also has other benefits like while you climb the wall. Squatting makes your legs flexible. Keep one leg wide apart straight with your toes pointing in the same direction as your leg stretch and the other one bending in the front with toes out. Do this at least 4 sets of 15 each everyday. 
   
   
   
   
3. and last but not the least The Hamstring Stretch. Check out the video to know how exactly this exercise is done. 

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